4-H contest honors top youths at Illinois award luncheon
At a January 30 awards luncheon in the University of Illinois Urbana ballroom, five district winners of the fourth annual X-tra Yield 4-H coin contest received wrist watches. Winners hailed from Banfield, Kankakee County. Naples, Scott County. Springfield, Sangamon County. Marshall, Clark County. and Bone Gap, Edwards County.
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Dini Union
University of Ilinois
Urbana
Extension Service
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Ilinois Farm Supply Company
Clark Service Company
Eugene A. Bertrand
Banfield
Kankakee County
Karl Krusa
Naples
Scott County
Ramon Rilling
Springfield
Sangamon County
Fred Douglas
Marshall
Clark County
Jack Ko
Considering Establishing Swine Testing Station in Clark County
Last Tuesday a group of swine producers met with Bob Hollenabe farm advisor and Truman Spittler to gauge interest in a boar and barrow feeding and carcass testing station in Clark County. The plan envisions farmers bringing animals to a testing site, housing them in pens, and paying a caretaker to feed and care for them until they reach 200 pounds for slaughter.
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Clark County
Bob Hollenabe
Truman Spittler
Five Points Church Attendance and Visits Noted
Bible school attendance at last Sunday morning reached 74 as Blakely began his ministry here. Overnight guests included Joyce Withoit and Mary Jan Van Buskirk at Martinsville. Local visits featured the Morgan and Davis families and Fern Manhart from Wisconsin visiting relatives. Chicken pox reports among local children.
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Bible School
Given Blakely
Joyce Withoit
Mary Jan van Buskirk
Joyce Young
Martinsville
Sylvan Morgan
Stanley Davis
Fern Manhart
Wisconsin
Harvey Wilson
Rhonda
Roger Wilhoit
Carolyn Cook
Glenn Wilhoit
Joyce
Christian Science Church Notices and Meeting Details
Sunday school at 9 30 and Sunday service at 11 00 with subject Mind. Wednesday evening testimony meeting at 7 45 and reading room open 2 00 to 5 00 p m. Public invited. USDA entomologists report granular DDT applied by airplanes gives up to 87 percent control of corn borers.
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USDA
Hotel
Deming
Joe D. Nichols
Deming Ballroo
Thomas Lavin
Joe Francis
Indiana Nfa
Terre Haute
Henry Trautman
Madison
Wisconsin
Fred D. Miller
Altoona
Pennsylvania
NFA
Deming Hotel
Ray Evers
M. D
Andalusia
Alabama
E. E. Pfeiffer
Spring Valley
New York
Paul Keene
Penns Creeks
Baptist Revival Starts Next Monday at Marshall Church
A revival at Baptist Church on West Archer Ave in Marshall runs Feb 13 to Feb 24 with Ralph Gill of Grayville as song leader and Co C Campbell as pastor. Daily topics cover prayer, Bible figures, hell, tribulation, and related questions. Public invited. Piper Sudan grass leads pasture trials. Illinois agronomist notes rat damage on cornstalks.
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the Baptist Church
Weat Archer Ave
Marshall
Ralph Gill
Grayville
Tinois
Co. C. Campbell
Marriages, deaths, and notices from local era records
Thirty years ago in 1826 marriage licenses were issued for Edward K Garrard and Alma E Best plus John Gard and Cecile Cribelar. Obituary notes include Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Patten age 86 and Amyx age 89. Various social items cover visits, moves, hospital work, and an engagement between Helen Frank and Charles Manhart.
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John Hollenbeck
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Terre Haute
Frank Barrett
Betty Lu
Carroll Jean
Sullivan
Ilinois
Dewey Morgan
Mary Buss
Oliver
Mattie
Amyx
James Amyx
Marshall
Oliie
Helen Frank
Local Notes Highlight Movements And Market Shifts
Roscoe Corbin of Robinson joins Marshall representing Prudential Insurance. Lewis Brake from Charleston takes over as manager of the Pythian Theater, succeeding Russell Orndorff. Mrs. James Hooper and Miss Helen Carter visit Paris with Mrs. John Lutz. Will Rector buys two auto buses for his transfer line. Thomas crude oil rises five cents to 1.62 per barrel.
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Marshall
Roscoe Corbin
Robinson
Prudential Insurance Company
Lewis Brake
Charleston
Russell Orndorff
Pythian Theater
James Hooper
Helen Carter
Paris
John Lutz
Will Rector
Thmois
Forsythe Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary
Ten years ago in 1946 Mr and Mrs Ben Forsythe celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on a Sunday afternoon and evening February 8. They were united in marriage at the home of her grandparents in Asbury with Rev H C Gibbs officiating.
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Ben Forsythe
John Morton
Asbury
H. C. Gibbs
Marshall
George Millhouse
Des Moines
Iowa
Mae Sweet
Santa Monica
California
Don Findley
John Dickerson
William Bess
Paris
Nick Myles
Logan Myles
Paul Ferris
Local visitors share Sunday at Siedel gathering
Mr and Mrs Earl Woods of Siedel visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Garnet Elston and Myrtle Histon in a social gathering noted in the Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Woods of
Siedel
Garnet Elston
Myrtle Histon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Bob Hollensbe
F. W. Slife
University
Agronomy Department
Burton Cline
Lyman Crumlin
Jack Strohm
Kelly Shawver
Kelley Spittler
David Bland
Lloyd Ewbank
Vernon Ramsey
Olaf Logue
Sam Finkbiner
Harold Washburn
John Douglas
Perry Williams
Oscar Kirchner
Lloyd Stone
Kelly Spitler
Bennett Bros
Wilson Keyes
Bob Etcinson
Hampshires
Mack Strohm
Kelly Spittler
Lowell Bennett
Tim Keys
Robert Etcinson
Kenneth Hall
Robert Fraker
Dwight Millis
Newton
Paul Kermick
Saint Marie
Roger Babson
Satan
Satan's Hall
G. B. Withoit
Christian Science
Pine Street
Piper
Brownstown
Carbenvale
Goebel Phillips
Evansville
Indiana
Edward K. Garrard
Alma E. Best
Trimble
Herbert McCarty
Geraldine Burns
Margaret Elizabeth Patten
Margaret Bush
York Cemetery
Walter Eden
Will English
Harry Deahl
Ralph Miller
Navy
Nellie Warriner
Mary Plaster
Crystal River
Florida
Parker Davison
T. R. Lovett
Jeanette LeSeure
Danville
LeSeure
Herman Geisert
George Fredenberger
Butler College
Indianapolis
John Gard
Casey
Olinda
Cecile Cribelar
Hoover
Cone Ait Farm
Hoover's
Terre Haute, Indiana
Hoover Soil Service
Franklin Walsh Snyder
Tlimois
West Unicn
THE
Herald
Marshall Monument Co
National Trade Ra Ines
715
Maple Street
Martin Drug Store
Natural Food Associates
Catharyn Elwood
M.S
Washington, D. C
Royal Lee
Milwaukee
Gene Spiller
Hollywood
Phil Arena
Escon
United States
Lee Anderson
Coachella
Ernest Hall
Tarikwen
New York City
Atlanta
Texas
Hoover Soil Ser
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